Today’s edition of quick hits.

* The most expensive adultery of all time: “Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resigned from his top post at the chipmaker he co-founded, after reports of the tech titan’s extramarital affairs came into the spotlight this week. One of those relationships has raised national security concerns.”

* In Gaza: “An Israeli airstrike targeting the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed six people and wounded at least a dozen more, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. The strike was carried out early Thursday, according to the Israeli military, which said it struck ‘a senior Hamas terrorist’ and other militants, without providing evidence.”

* A life-threatening problem re-emerges in Ukraine: “Ukraine said restrictions on its military-grade Starlink satellite-internet service are once again hindering its drone operations, renewing disruptions to defenses against Russian attacks that hit the country last month. Ukrainian drones that rely on Starshield, a military version of SpaceX’s Starlink service, are losing connectivity if they fly faster than 100 miles an hour, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram.”

* Great news on combating Ebola in Kenya: “Kenya began a countdown on Wednesday to declare the end of its Ebola outbreak. The final patient who had tested positive for the virus was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday. And the Kenyan cabinet secretary for health, Aden Duale, said at a news conference that the last 11 people being monitored for Ebola symptoms had also been discharged after completing a 21-day quarantine period.”

* The war apparently isn’t over: “At a combative town hall of 500 family members of the USS George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group, Navy leaders said Iranian attacks continue to ‘pepper’ U.S. ships enforcing the blockade of Iran. They also informed families that their deployed loved ones would not be returning home for the holidays, according to exclusive audio of the Nov. 9 meeting at Naval Station Norfolk, provided by an attendee and reviewed by MS NOW.”

* I wish reports like these were less common: “Sarah B. Rogers, a top official at the State Department, took a vacation last November to the Mediterranean that was paid for by Irish billionaire Patrick Collison, according to a preliminary financial disclosure obtained by The Washington Post.”

* A 16-year low: “Existing-home sales have fallen to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.75 million, their slowest since August 2010, the NAR [National Association of Realtors] report said. A healthy annual sales pace is typically about five million existing homes.”

* Wait, are we doing this again? “President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to double tariffs on Mexico if authorities there do not stop what he said were ‘huge CARAVANS’ of migrants on their way to the border with the United States. The warning fused two of the president’s favored issues — immigration and tariffs — as he regroups following historic losses for the Republican Party in the midterm election last week.”

See you tomorrow.

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